Old Fashioned Beefsteak Pudding

Directions

1. Grease a basin, put a large pot of water onto the boil.

2. Make the pastry with the flour, suet, salt, and water (or eggs).

3. Roll it out and line the basin leaving a piece for the lid.

4. Cut the steak into convenient pieces, flour and season them with pepper and salt; put them in the pudding.

5. Pour in the ¼ pint of water, and put on the pastry lid.

6. Tie over with a floured cloth, and boil as above.